Holstein World: This year Willows-Edge has been recognized with 3 All-American Nominations (Jr. 3-Year-Old, Sr. 2-Year-Old & Best 3 Females) and 1 Jr. All-American Nomination (Sr. 3-Year-Old). Share with our readers how you plan successful matings that result in such a stellar group of national caliber cow families and show cows. Are there some exciting animals for next year’s show season on the horizon?

Willow’s Edge: Our breeding program has been very consistent over the years. We use a small battery of very high type bulls so that we can develop a breeding pattern. We do corrective matings…which we evaluate each cow and their pedigree completely. We believe we have a skill in this area that has been developed over time. A very correct animal is our ultimate goal. We do not look for extremisms, the extreme animal only comes once in awhile. We want consistency so that the benefit lasts over time. We benefit, our buyers benefit and then we have left a more productive animal in the industry.

Our show string in 2006 again, allowed us to be Premier Breeder at the Midwest Fall National, WI Championship Show and District 1 Show. This group of cattle is bred back and with a little luck we hope they will be ready in 2007. Our Jr 3 yr old Brianna appears to be getting better every year. She was All-WI Jr 2yr old, then came back to be 1st and Intermediate Champion at
the Midwest Fall National and then ultimately stood 6th at Madison. Our Jr 2 yr old Lee Velcro is from one of best homebred pedigrees. We are optimistic about her future.

We are most proud when visitors comment that our show cows look as good in the barn as they do in the ring.

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